These are some random musings in response to the ongoing discussion about breasts, lactation and eroticism... ...bonobos mate en face also, (among other positions according to my daughter who studied them in a psychology class)...I thought that of all the animals, only humans, bonobos and dolphins had sex for fun and not just suring estrus for reproduction-interesting that the bonobos have protruberant breasts...of course dolphins don't... Desmond Morris, in his book The Naked Ape proposed the theory that breasts in humans were designed to mimic the round buttocks as man went from walking on all fours to upright [!]...(what's your opinion, Kathy of this theory?) you've probably all seen cats of all ages "kneading" (like they do when nursing to get their mother's milk flowing) and sometimes even suckling obviously with great sensual pleasure...(my cat once even started sucking on my finger-and I didn't feel his sharp kitty teeth, I've seen other cats drool and suck on cloth while kneading), the vet my daughter takes her cats to has a pair of cats (Juan and Juanita); when Juanita had kittens, Juan nuzzled right in and joined his kittens in nursing with great gusto! one of the slides that I show in my breastfeeding class is of a woman with severely engorged breasts...the class always thinks that it is a slide of someone with implants-the exagerrated kind...isn't it interesting that the "desired" effect of implants is to make breasts look like milk-laden breasts? every species and every culture has its quirks... Diana, in hot and humid SC _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html